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Michael Osipov commented on MNGSITE-222: ---------------------------------------- Fine, if the Sonatype book is wrong, can you file an issue against it? I will close this issue. > Incorrect statement regarding profiles activated with -P > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNGSITE-222 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNGSITE-222 > Project: Maven Project Web Site > Issue Type: Bug > Environment: > http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html > Reporter: Sebb > Assignee: Michael Osipov > > Website as above says: > {quote} > Profiles can be explicitly specified using the -P CLI option. > This option takes an argument that is a comma-delimited list of profile-ids > to use. When this option is specified, no profiles other than those specified > in the option argument will be activated. > {quote} > The last sentence above is not true. > As proof, try the following: > {code} > mvn -f <apache-parent-pom> help:active-profiles -Papache-release > {code} > The output is > {code} > Active Profiles for Project 'org.apache:apache:pom:16': > The following profiles are active: > - apache-release (source: org.apache:apache:16) > - maven-3 (source: org.apache:apache:16) > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)